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SENT
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Irregular inflected form: senti
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("sent" is a kind of...):
Estonian monetary unit (monetary unit in Estonia)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted
Classified under:
Antonym:
unsent (not dispatched or transmitted)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb send
Context examples:
This is because most fish caught in developing countries is either sent abroad directly or processed and sold to richer nations.
(Fairer fish trade could fix nutrient deficiencies in coastal countries, SciDev.Net)
That must happen whether a body is being sent to Mars or not.
(Salty Diet Makes You Hungry, Not Thirsty, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The United States, the former Soviet Union and more recently China have sent spacecraft to the near side of the moon, but the latest Chinese landing is the first on the far side.
(Chinese Rover Making Tracks on Dark Side of the Moon, VOA)
She sent you to look at it, I suppose?
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
And then suddenly in the silence I heard a sound which sent my heart into my mouth.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Here's my dear boy—my dear boy, Master Davy, who brought us together, Barkis! That you sent messages by, you know! Won't you speak to Master Davy?”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
On the very evening upon which I had his answer, Hilton Cubitt sent me the last message from Slaney.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Can you guess why I have sent for you?
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I sent word for the attendants to follow.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The impact of her body sent him stumbling backward several steps.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
